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On February 14 1998, the ballerina Deborah Bull wrote in her diary: “I rush down to the front door to check the post”. The results were disappointing. “No deluge of Valentine cards”, she noted, adding hopefully, “unless they had all gone to the Opera House”. Six years later, in 2004, Oona King MP spent Valentine’s Day in a rather different way: “I’m sitting on a runway in Saudi Arabia. I’m not supposed to be here. Bangladesh Airlines – Biman – took a wrong turn …”
Local author, Lynn Donovan, will celebrate publishing her 100th fiction book at 3 p.m. on Dec. 1 at Kaleidoscope Inspiration, located at 602 Main Street, for the December First Friday Event. Donovan will be signing paperback copies of her book after 3 p.m. at the event. Other local authors will be present with their books, […]